CVE-2003-0251
N/A
Published: June 28, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorYpserv Nis Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-201.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440454/100/0/threaded
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55600&zone_32=category%3AsecurityVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:072Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-173.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-201.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440454/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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